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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
BRIDAL COUPLES.
Washington Hostelries That Are LITERALLY
Full of Blushing Brides.


Full of Blushing Brides.
So great has become the rivalry be-
tween three or four of the leading Wash
ington hotels in the solicitation for
bridal couples that the most successful
of the landlords in this effort presents
each one of the brides who stop at his
hostelry q beautiful bouquet or basket of
cut flowers. The clerk who receives the
couple inquiries of the bridegroom if he
suspects a recent marriage-and it is
seldom that Il mistake is made-and then
the flowers go up to the apartments en-
gagged.
One of the most lucrative classes for
the landlords at the Capital is the newly
married. Beginning with October and
ending with April, it is estimated that
there are in the city an average I'LL the
time of two hundred pairs of brides and
grooms. The manager of the hotel
which entertains most of them, says he
frequently has forty couples, and aver
ages over twenty-five during the busy
season. They are, he says, the most
desirable class of guests. Always
pleasant, they want the best of every
thing, and are given it. This hostelry
makes feature of pleasing those peo-
pie, and all embarrasments are lessened
to the minimum. Guests there are so
used to seeing large numbers of brides
and grooms that they are spared the
stares 50 customary where this class is
rare.
1t is said to be the purpose of the
great hotel company organizing here,
and which intends to build structure
at cost of 100000, to arrange one
floor with bridal apartments. Washing
ton is becoming more and more a
favorite place on the wedding tour.
Every thing is cheerful, there are
enough sights to occupy the time for
months, and then the presence of SO
many of the new partners lends kind
of solace found at no other place. Cor
Indianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
OF HANDWRITING.

Experts Whose Occupation h Mostly Fur.
nsshed by Anonymous Correspondents.
Those who read character by hand.
writing, and still move those who pro
fess to be experts in handwriting, have
most of their occupation found them by
writers of anonymous letters. No doubt
there has been good deal of unreality
and errors in the conclusions of experts,
so much so thSt no opinion of this sort
| ought to be received in court unless
there is abundance of corroborative evil
dence. As a rule, every anonymous
letter which is not at once consigned to
the flames or waste-paper basket I'M
dergoes rigid scrutiny of the hand
writing. Unless person is an expert.
the opinions given on the subject OF
handwriting are often simply ridiculous.
showed letter one day to q lady who
was thought to be a great authority on
such matters. She loaded the hand
writing with every species of abuse. 1t
was the writing Of bad tempered man,
of stupid man, of an ignorant man;
! there could be no relieving feature
whatever in such handwriting as that.
"And now, madame" | said, will you
look at the signature?" 1t was the sig
nature of Macaulay. So if you wish to
obtain an opinion worth having respect
ing the ownership of handwriting, it i.
far best for you to obtain skilled
opinion. You are not obliged to believe
the experts, any more than if you are
upon jury, and it becomes peculiarly
difficult to believe when two experts
are swearing hard against one another.
Nevertheless, if the opinion of an ex-
pert will not help you, there is no opin,
ion on which you can safely go. A
very remarkable case Of Identification
of handwriting came to my knowledge
some time ago. A gentleman had of
fered a very large sum of money for the
discovery of marriage register, the
production of which was highly necess.
AIRY in heavy litigation. A clergymas
from the country wrote to say that the
missing register had turned up in the
vestry box of his own parish. A solici-
tor and well known expert were sent
down to examine the document. The
clergyman showed them the marriage
register, and after protracted exam
ination they all went to lunch. Then
an opinion decidedly unfavorable to the
genuineness of the document was. de-
livered by the expert in handwriting.
1t was quite modern handwriting and
did not possess the comparative antiqui-
ty claimed for it. Then how in the
world did it get there?" asked the vicar.
The expert had diligently examined the
wears handwriting in his own note,
and said quietly, why, you forged il
yourself" The unhappy parson, being
threatened with highly penal conse-
quences, fled the country. am sorry
to say any thing against the cloth, but
many of my readers will recognize this
as a true story. The moral is, that if ii
is really necessary to trace and expose
an anonymous communication, you
had better use the best available means
for doing so-LOn6On ,Societ2
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
HERRNCHIEMSEE.
The Fountains and Gardens of King Lud.
wigs Bavarian Versailles.

wigs Bavarian Versailles.
The palace, which was intended to be
on exact imitation of Versailles, stands
on a highland near one end of an
island. looking toward Prien. As the
land was low in front it was necessary
to fill it in with soil to the height desired
for the parterres and terraces. The
trees were all cut away to the shore of
the lake, giving a vista through the
mainland, and the hills Ii. s;ie distance
on that side are visible. This was in
tended as the royal approach to the
palace, Whatever the visitor may have
heard in regard to its extent or mag
nificence, he is not likely to be dis
appointed. The palace consists of
a facade, to which access is gained
by series of immense steps. Back
of the facade extend two large, long ellis
and left are wings, only one of which
is finished, the other remaining an
architectural skeleton. The facade and
two wings present a front not far from
quarter of a mile in length. In front
| are the terraces, with immense foun-
tains and brilliant flower beds, falling
gradually down to the general level of
the island. 1t was the idea of King
Louis during the latter part of his life
to cover every thing with gold. This
plan has been but partially carried
out as regards the fountains, but they
present in their unfinished state a
| splendid area of gilded surface. The
two principal, which occupy the right
and left of the first terrace, are large
marble basins. That at the right is
occupied by an immense pile of natural
rocks surmounted at the height of thir-
ty feet by colossal figure of
a genius mounted on q Pegasus.
At the base. Clio, mounted on a
sphinx, proclaims the defeat of the
monsters, against which battle had
been waged. The south Baseno repre-
sents Fortune seated on throne sur
rounded by cherubs. Further off in
angles of the terrace are two fountains
copied from Versailles, that of Soana
and of the Dawn. Beyond the terrace
and its immediate belongings there is
little to recall the park of Versailles.
Time was wanting to develop the Kings
plans, therefore beyond these fine foun-
tains, these masses of marbles and tho
handsome statues that decorate the es-
planade in front of the palace one hardly
cares to look. To the lower terrace one
descends by series of twenty-five steps
nearly three hundred feet in length.
Here are other fountains of marble,
adorned with classical groups and gro
tesque figures. The gardens, alleys,
walls and rustic paths beyond are
barely Observation-Disclosures Cor. San
| Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
Blue Catfish as Game.

All my life have taken great delight
in fishing, and have had the pleasure OF
landing many of the game fishes of oul
waters. Among those which have
furnished the most sport is the blue OIL
channel cat OF all the fish that l ever
hooked it makes the hardest fight for its
life. 1t differs from them in that they
when struck, leap out of the water anc
rush through it with their mouths open
thus making it much easier to conquer
and land them; while the catfish takes
the hook in its mouth and starts for the
bottom of the stream or lake with vim
that will test the tackle of the bes
expert. Ihave had more real sport will
it than with any other fish lever tackled
1t is full of fight from the strike to the
landing net, and requires longer t.
bring it to hand than any other OF it
weight. Forest and Stream.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
Curious Experiments.

Mr.. GRADER has lately made some
curious observations upon the effect Of
light upon eyeless animals, a report o.
which appears in the proceedings Of thu
Vienna Academy. He put a NUMBER ot
earth-worms into box, which was pro
vided with an aperture ut one side
through which light was allowed ingress
The result of many experiments showed
that the worms sought the darkest par
of the temporary prison, and that al
least two-fifths of their number summed
the light. Experimenting with rays Of
different colors by means of stained
glass, he found that the worms exhibited
a marked preferences for red Light
Science.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
CRUDE PETROLEUM.
Discovery of a Process by Which 1t Cal
BE Reduced to Crystals.

Discovery of a Process by Which 1t Can
he Reduced to Crystals.
Mineral oil has been found so album
dainty in the depths of the earth that
the poor have now light far superior
to the candles and whale oil of our an
cestors, and quite as cheap. But while
natural oil and gas is being found almost
everywhere, the region southeast of our
lake system, and the country south of
the Caspian Sea furnish the largest sup
plies of petroleum. Unrefned oil costs
only about Is cents a barrel in New
York City, but the supplies from the
Caspian sea wells are simply prodigious.
One well discharged 2,750,000 gallons
of oil in twcnty-four hours. 1t spurted
up in \ fountain 224 feet high. In 1888
the great Droojba well discharged for
43 days daily average of 100000
gallons, and in lis days yielded
100000 gallons. The Russians
are to construct pipe line, such as we
have in this country, so that the oil can
be discharged into vessels on the Cas-
plan Sea in bulk, and so transported to
all parts of Europe. The Russian has
already come into competition with
American petroleum, but our oil is
much the best for illuminating pur-
poses. In 1876 we exported 204, 900, 900
gallons of illuminating oil This in
creased in 1886 to 469, 100000 gallons.
Our exports of crude oil advanced from
25, 900, 900 in 1879 TO $4,000, 900 in 1886.
Petroleum is the fourth of our exports
as regards values, being surpassed only
by cotton, grain and meats. The value
of our trade in oil for the coming year
will probably be $5S,00O,G0O. An in-
teresting fact, lately announced, is that
a Russian scientist has discovered
process of reducing petroleum to a
form of crystals, which may be EASILY
and safely transported any distance.
and then reconverted to a liquid form.
If this can be done cheaply, it will be
an immense advantage to petroleum
industries. DemoreStS Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
Japanese journalism.

Mr.. Inazo Ota, OF Toxic, Japan, who
is a graduate student of the Johns Hop
kins University, is making a study of
American newspaper methods. He
says that in Toxic, Japan, which is the
center of the wealth and culture of the
country, there are over twenty daily
newspapers. Most of these are of four
pages, though some are of eight. The
Conservative, Liberal and Radical par
ties have each their organs, and several
papers are also published in the inter-
est Vt the Christians. towards whom
the Liberals incline. There are also
military, banking and agricultural pa
pers. The papers do not circulate in
Toxic alone, whose population is over
100000, but go all over the rural dis
tricts, where some weekly papers and Il
few dailies are printed. OF the Toxic
papers six are published in English, of
which four of the editors arc Japanese,
one is an Englishman and one an
American.-M Y Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
USE OF QUOTATIONS.
The Authors to Which Mr.. Lowell Alludes
in His Harvard Speech.

in His Harvard Speech.
Landor's opinion concerning the use of
quotations, that ''he never walks grace
fnlly who leans upon the shoulder of
another, however gracefully that other
may walk" has not met with much
practical support in the speeches Of
public men. Perhaps no one has ever
given better proof of not holding the
contrary opinion than Mr. Lowell in
the speech he recently delivered to the
Harvard students. In the course of his
very interesting remarks he introduced
direct verbal quotations from the Bible,
from Donne Bishop Gollios, EuIipides,
Joseph de Maistre, Dante, Virgil, Words
worth, George Herbert, Juvenal, Shakes
peare, John Winthrop, Macchiavelli and
Sir P. Sidney. In addition to his eta
tons of ipiSSiana Verba, the lecturer
made abusive references to the works of
Plato, Ruskin, Milton, Kant, Robert
Boyle, Agassiz, Cotton, Mather, Gray,
Coleridge, Montague, Scott, Heine.
Matthew Arnold and Theocritus. Pass
ing mention was also made of several
other authors and scholars. Lucian's
belief that quoter is either ostenta-
tious of his requirements or doubtful of
his cause is clearly out Of date; and
there is no doubt that proposition
stamped with the authority Of great
man carries more weight than it would
if put into other words and given as II
mere obiter dictum.-St. James Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
INSTRUMENTATION.
How One of New York's GiIded Youths
Redeemed His Manhood.


Here is true incident which we COM
mend to the consideration not only OF
boys, but of the fathers of boys.
Mr.. P was a stock-broker in New
York. His only son, Phil, was born to
the expectation of vast wealth, and
hence dawdled idly through college,
and studied little law as an amuse-
ment. His real training was as society
man. At twenty-five he could lead the
german admirably; was an authority on
women's gowns and hats, knew better
than any other gossip in town which of
the girls were Fly" and which were
likely to catch the big fish in the mat
rimonial pond" His father was, in
his dainty speech, ''Old Check-signer,
his sister 1.-The Background yearling
tilly in the field"
He'd read nothing but the latest
magazine, and GERS de Societe. He
never voted; scarcely knew who was
President, and took no interest in the
great problems of national Importance
with which other men were struggling.
His sole concern in life was the last cut
in coats, and anxiety as to which balls or
receptions he should attend next week.
On Black Friday Mr.. P lost every
dollar of his fortune, and died soon
afterward. Phil was almost penniless.
He made his way to Colorado, and took
up land, built hut and lived in it. At
bottom there was good manly stuff in
the lad. Pain, loneliness, the great
silent mountains about him, brought it
out. No meals at Delmonico's had ever
the relish of the flapjacks and bacon
which he cooked himself after hard
days work.
He suddenly awakened to the inter-
ests about him; the raising Of great
herds of cattle; the mining for gold; the
moving of vast crops; the building, of
railways across the continent. The
man developed in body and mind. He
began, too, to keep step with the active,
pushing, live men who are conquering
the wilderness of the great Northwest
He is now a man of force and sound
sense, with broad, grave, liberal views,
taking part in all the work which will
advance the West. II he remembers
the puerile, trifling man milliner who
led the german in fashionable Fifth
avenue houses few years ago, it is
with a blush of shame.
How many manly American boys, the
sons of wealthy, Woodworking fathers,
are sinking into the puny, aimless life
of men of society in our large cities!
The great West, with its countless OPP
portunties, its scope, its vast interests,
develop strong, helpful men out of I'M
promising material. 1.-The bane, the
antidote are both before them" They
should consider well before they choose
between them. Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
EXTINCT ANIMALS.
Inc Bones of Enormous Beasts Exhumed
in Spokane County, w. T.

IN Spokane County. w. T.
w. M. Lee, .he well-known fruit
grower OF Tacoma, gives the particu-
lars OF a wonderful discovery of bones
OF extinct animals in Washington Ter
ritory, which will attract the attention
OF the students Of natural history and
archaeology all over the world. In a
letter from Spokane Falls, he says:
The face of the whole Territory shows
unmistakable evidence of great vol
canic upheavals. On my trip through
Spokane County l stopped at Latah,
and in conversation with Mr.. Coplen, of
that place, regarding the volcanic
formation of that section, he infol med
me that he had examined some large
bones of great antiquity Accom-
panied by Mr.. Coplen l went to the
spring where the relics were dug out.
1t is located on low strip of springy
prairie. The excavation around the
spring is twelve or fifteen eet deep,
and thirty or forty feet across. The
bones were covered by several dictinct
layers.
The first layer was ancient peat, then
gravel, then volcanic ashes, then layer
of coarse peat. From this spring were
taken no less than nine mammoths, or
elephants, of different sizes, the remains
of cave bear, and hyenas, extinct birds
and sea turtle. Mr.. Coplen kindly pre-
ststed me with some specimens of these
relics The dimensions of some of the
bones of the larger mammoths were
wonderful to look at. The horns were
sort of tusk, and protruded from the
head. By dropping the head in the act
of feeding the circle of the horns that
extended below the jaws rested on the
ground, giving support to the head,
which is estimated to have weighed a
ton.
The horns we're worn away several
inches deep at the bottom of the turn
or half circle, indicating constant use
by rubbing on the ground or rocks.
One Of these horns was ten feet and one
inch long and tWenty-four inches in
circumference. 1t weighed las pounds.
One of the tusks measured twelve feet
and nine inches in length and twenty
seven inches round. 1t weighed 29j
pounds. The jaw weighed s&ty-tfree
pounds. The molar teeth weighed
eighteen pounds each. Some of the
ribs were eight feet long. The pelvic
arch was six feet across, and an ordi
nary man could walk erect through
this opening. The huge and antique
monster was eighteen feet and si2
inches high, and was estimated to weigh
twenty tons.
just imagine far back in the misty
by-gones of antiquity, probably be
fore the appearance of man upon thu
earth, that Washington Territory was
the home of these monstrous animals
that roamed over the great prairies
traversed the Columbia river, and mad,
the genial chimes of Puget Sound theil
haunts in winter. 1t matters not wha
the theories may be in regard to these
embedded bones of such huge proper
tions; why so many of them were pilet
together in these springy places; what
period or age the animals lived; a
what time the great change took place
which made them disappear from th'
continent; whether they first made thei
appearance in this part of America anC
whether or not it was then tropica
climate. -Tac0nsG ( W. T. Daily Ledger
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
A New Species Of Onion.

He was nobby young man Of blue
blood and good financial backing, and
as he sat down in the car he pulled out
his handkerchief and gave his nose a
princely wipe. An odor fperfume was
waited through the car, and boy sit
ting beside his mother suddenly called
out:
"Say, ma, why can't we buy onions
which smell as nice rs that?"-Detroit
Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
Some sewing women have no knowl

-oOlHc SeWllS WOineu HdVe w hHoWl-
edge of homework. Very well. Let
them work for their board while they
learn. They would have plenty of good
food and u good home. They would be
better off than they are now when their
$3.50 or So Or 81 u week has to pay for
their scanty food and fuel in wretchcd
rooms, and nothing is left. Good
housewives would willingly teach one
unaccustomed to work if she would re-
main for wages after she could earn
them. 1t seems to me this is the solu-
ton of the question for women who
barely make n living at sewing. Lucy
Stone, IN Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08

Five hundred Cinnamon have de-
posits in savings bank in Brooklyn.
1t is said that they never draw out any
money.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08

"A lake in Forest County, d. T.,
rose two feet lately without any visible
means Of support.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-20

@: Q. POWNING, of Washoe County.
ALYARO EVANS of Washoe County.
IHEO. WINTERS. of Washoe COUNTY.
+: DANBERG, of Washoe County.
w. s. BAILEY, of Churchill County.
JOS. MARZEN, of Humboldt County.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-20

rhe state Agricultural
O Ia
AShAc"'"Fa society,"" approved March 4, 1887. =
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-08-20
STATE BOARD OF AcR1cu1ruRE.

L. J. FLINT, OF Washoe County.
b. f. LEE lie, of Washoe County.
p. H.. MULCAHY, of Washoe County.
AL. WHITE, of Washoe County. -
JOHN SWEENY, of Ormsby County.
I. b. RICKEY, Of Douglas County.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-11-30
The Dress of the tSar.

10 the Editor of the Charleston Sun:
Your editorial of Saturday recalls the
history of the dress of the South Carroll
ma bar, which / submit herewith:
In 1908 Rule 2lst required: ''rhat
gowns, bands and wigs be the habit Of
tho gentlemen of the Bar as usual"
lhls was in colonial times, and the bar
rlSterS were dressed as the English Bar
are to-day.
After the Revolution bands and wigs
were discarded, but gowns were retained,
and in 1900 Rule lIth required: "Thc
habit of the gentlemen of the Bar shall
be black gowns and coats, and no gen
tleman of the Bar shall be heard if other
wise habited."
In 1902 Rule 95th required: "Nor
she'll any gentleman Of the Bar be al
lowed to take his seat Cat the Bar table,
unless he be first robed, nor to continue
seated unless he also continues in his
robe. And it shall be the duty Of the
sheriff to attend to the execution of this
rule"
In 1914 Rule 18th required: "The
habit of the gentlemen of the Bar shall
be black gowns and coats, &C."
Gowns were discarded in 1897 and
hulo ID required: "rho habit of the
gentlemen OF the Bar shall be black
coats, and no gentleman of the Bar shall
I be heard if otherwise habited, and it
shall be the duty of the sheriff to attend
to the execution Of this rule" And
itule Ia: 'The clerk and sheriff shall
also wear black coats, Ne.
la 1924 the rule of the City Court was
"Ihc dress of the gentlemen of the Bar,
clerk and city sheriff shall be black coats,
and no gentleman of the Bar snail be
heard if otherwise habited."
These rules Of the Circuit and City
Court could be interpreted that barris-
ter should wear black coat only, and
that he would not be heard if he had on
any other garment, SO in 1872, in Rule
10, the criticni change was made, as it
now stands: "No member of the Bar will
be heard, unless wearing u black coat"
That fixed the dress. Tho Bar could
wear other clothing, but the coat must
be black. VETERAN LAWYER.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-11-30
NO. 18.

"thc result of the deliberations of this con-
ference will tend to harmonic the prac-
ttcc, now clearly defective, under the pres
ent regulations, in cases of eXtradition of
!ugtives from justice"
CONCLUSION.
The Governor concludes with brief re-
view of the States present condition and
says:
1T is at such a time you meet, and with
interests such as these you have to deal,
and the vital importance Of fostering and
stimulating the throbbing impulse now per
meating every avenue Of business must inn
press your minds with the grave response
DllIty resting upon you. That you will
prove equal to so sacred trust aud faith
Iul guardians of the public welfare, con
tdcntlY believe, and upon your delibcra-
tions trustfully invoke the blessed guidance
of Him in whose hands arc the destinics of
nations"